steve doocy is here. i thought it was sinking . what is it >> steve: kissing. the we'll be right back. obama picture . "fox and friends" starts right now . note ♪ gretchen: good morning, everyone. it is thursday . i am gretchen carlson. thanks for sharing your time with us . they are the e-mails that the white house didn't want released. showing that the white house knew about the terrorist attacks and they try to respond to covering it up because things didn't go well. >> steve: remember that interview we told you about yesterday that the president wanted to keep off of the record . we know why they tried to hide it. the commander and chief admits he ignored the economy. >> brian: for years they reached out to human trainers.

scientist discovered that whales can talk. how many times have i said this? usually in the breaks. we are live in the aquarium where we actually talk to the whales. "fox and friends" starts right now. ♪ >> steve: see people thought only horses can talk on television. thank you mr. ed. hello. gretchen: what about the whale can talk? >> brian: i want to ask the whale questions. what is it like on water. we focused too much on land. the whale named no sea. nicknamed. parity the people believe it or not. we'll take you to atlanta, georgia to find out what we know about? >> brian: that is a head.

gretchen: that looked more like a dolphin. it is in the water . look how it is undelating. >> brian: great word. sea world has it and you can go and touch it i don't know if they talk back. gretchen: i touched them and fed them shrimp. 17 year old arrested for the murder of jessica ridgeway, making his first court appearance. austin sigg confessed to his mom about killing the colorado girl and he called the cops. what is up with the teenage kids killing other kids? anyway class mate describe sigg as a goth kid who wanted to be a mortician . he was infatuated with the idea of death. the way he talked about it was

different. approximate terfoying to think i knew him. he was quiet and kept to himself. gretchen: sigg is linked to an attempted [kpwh-p]ing of a 22 back in may. manhunt underway for a person who shot and targed five fam pap members. twov them died. the gunman went to the fire protection business in california and started shooting. he went down the street to one of the family members homes and shot two other poem. plose say the car belonged to the family. the fbi talking -- checking letters that claim to be from the election supervisor. they were told to resubmit their information because they are no longer citizen.

it was a motive apparently to intimidate republicans. >> it is identifying republicans and what is referred to super republicans in the fact they vote every election. gretchen: if you receive a fake letter contact your election supervisor [ph-fpld] shooting in the family research council, the suspect is facing charges. he brought in a bag of chick-fil-a sandwiches and said he didn't like the policiless and started shooting. those are your head lines. talk about the benghazi situation though, a suspect in the horrific atalk in custody in tunizia comes as emaims show the administration knew

who was responsible for the attack. good morning, gretchen. two hours after the attack on benghazi started, the white house and state department received a e-mail that the terrorist group took resp attack on facebook and twitter. secretary of state hillary clinton said social media is not a smoking gun. posting on facebook is not in and of itself evidence. it underscores how fluid the reporting was at the time and continued for sometime to be. last night we got our hands on another e-mail that said on 11:57, dozens of military diplomat personnel received an e-mail indicating that an attack was underway. and the e-mail doesn't mention

a mob mad about a move but mentions mortar fire. they [tko-ept] think the secretary of state's store store will hold up much longer. there is it a lot of indicators because of the way they coordinated the attack it took defensive planning. if it is 30 minutes or two hours or three wreaks, that is it a preplanned event. a notion to have a whim and show up and be this successful doesn't cut the mustard hoar. a man named ali harzi is held in connection on the road in the bepping beng consulate. we don't know what he was suspected of doing. but he is not a ring leader at this point. american officials have not been allowed to talk to him. back to you in new york. gretchen: thank you very much.

>> steve: they are taking them in to chat with them. in the beginning of the first attack and to the second part six hours later? where was the plan? when they say we need help. they are shooting at us. the commander in chief or member in the administration where there is pull out all of the stops, get them out before anybody dice. >> brian: there was operating bases in the e-mail. a lot of people speculating on whether the army is the fall guy. the army cannot act on their own. you know michael, the best selling author first head of the bin laden unit before a 9/11, he knows how these things go and outraged by how it came down. when things like that go into the white house situation

room. i am speaking of how things worked when i worked with the cia. the white house situation room is one of the most competent in washington. when an american facility or american is under attack, the information that comes in does not just sit in somebody's in box or folder until they get time to read it. the watch officer in the situation room takes it to the president or vice president's chief of staff or the senior most person in the white house at this time. i don't know if you can save people or not. but 7 hours, if the president said jump, you jump to get an armed force on the ground by helicopter to benghazi. question number one: who with good conscience could sit and watch 7 hours of videos of

americans being attacked and no one going to their rescue? gretchen: the big question is, because of the difference in time. it appears that the ambassador and one other were killed in the first hour or two, and then six hours and 20 minutes after the initial attack when tyrone was kimed. you are wondering could you have helped in the six-hour window? it is interesting to watch different generals speaking out about this. some say yes, you could have reacted right away and saved lives and another highly respected general. maybe you kill more people in the process of doing that. ben west will weigh in on that. >> steve: the two navy seals were part of an eight member teem rushed from tripoli. and they wound up sitting in the airport 45 minutes. we have 20 minutes over in the

safe house waiting for him. they sat at the airport and needed a right and had to coordinate between the government and local milt -- militia and two of the members of the teem were two navy seals that were killed. had they had a resolution we don't know if they could have saved lives, you wonder where was the back-up plan? tell me you have a plan. [stphao-eurbgs] and - they needed permission to strike. i am not sure when your ambassador when tech nically america is being attacked. >> brian: we were not asking for permission and air space in iraq . in libya we never had forces

on the ground and we went through the diplomatic channels. >> steve: yesterday we told you at this time barak obama trying to get a endorsement in the newspaper he said he did the interview and said it was off of the reader. mitt romney did the one hour record. people said what was the president hiding what he told the des moines register. they have released the audio and it turns out and now we know perhaps why the president of the united states didn't want the interview released. here is a part of the tran script when he talked about the economy and whether or not it was a mistake to try to get health care passed before jobs back in america. asked if he regretted that.

mitch mcconthereto nell hadap iron clad filibuster. this seems so odd to me. when you are an editorial board and you are talking about candidates and then make an endorsement. you would have the same protocol saying we are doing the on the record brews and post them on the website and then make our endorsement later. give one candidate an opportunity to speak on the record and then off of the record. it didn't smell right to me. there was a reason why he didn't want it out. >> brian: he went on to say. unless the president shows he will give and work with us, our commitment to make sure he is a one-term president. bob woodword. des moines will probably

endorse president obama. >> steve: we know who the new york post endorses today, mitt romney. if the administration knew about the attacks in libya. there was a predator drone. and one former secretary of state said the administration made a huge mistake. here's why. gretchen: this shows president obama up front and center and may have been upstaged by romeo: ♪ ♪ no. why?

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benghazi hours apart. the white house had time to scramble military units. did somebody drop the ball? what is the chain of command . former secretary of defense and retired colonel ben west joins us now. colonel, who dropped the ball in you are able to see the command no, sir africa command. why can't something be done quicker? >> ordinarily it works this way in afghanistan, we have 200 squads out there. if any squad isurped fire, they will automatically call for the helicopters or the fast movers, the aircrafts. now if that had happened in this case, somebody on the ground said i am under heavy attack and our ambassador is missing, africa command and nato could have started to scramble the forces and launch time and they could have asked

mother may i to the white house but simultanously taking action and putting in request. and an hour to come back. >> brian: colonel, that is the way it worked and jennifer breaks down what happened. >> the reason more military assets were not moved, they feared an ambush. this is what the pentagon . they sent special operators from tripoli. marines sent to guard the embassy but remain indeed tripoli and central europe to southern italy 480 miles from benghazi. f-16 and apache heps remained parked in the air base in italy and navy destroyers were moved off of the coast of

libya. >> brian: no execution or contact, why? >> it is been five weeks, somebody should have answered that question. it is it really puzzling. i can say this i think. the ambassador is the highest rank most important american, our symbol of america. he's missing half an hour in the fight and the americans don't have the ambassador for 7 hours. holy smokes, if that was a four star general missing for 7 and half hours, our military would have moved faster. i am puzzled by this and somebody can answer the question but i can't answer the question. >> brian: the way protocol should be and happen should help to move this forward. thank you for getting up this morning. >> thank you. >> brian: maybe we'll get answers today. you think one woman putting

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>> gretchen: quick head lines. justice may be on the way for a teenager shot in the head by the . police arrested nine people responsible. including the ring leader. the girl is currently in

stable continue. >> and costing taxpayers one billion . the government said the bank gave toxic mortage loans to fanny mae and freddie mac. >> steve: the president releasing a blew print for his second term and mitt romney said it is more excuses. take a listen. >> in this campaign i laid out a plan for jobs and middle class security and unlike mitt romney i am proud to talk about what is in it. because my plan actually will move america forward. >> i happening weall know he's out of ideas and out of the excuse november you can put him out of office. >> steve: stewart. we know it is the president's

new plan. it said new plan for yobs. >> it is not. there is nothing new in this what soy ever. fox business poem have been through it cover to cover and not a single new admit. you have to admit it looks good. >> steve: and they are making three and half million copies. >> it sowns good. new economic patriotism and plan for jobs and middle class security with a british accent. look at it he want to restore manufacturing and create manufacturing jobs. we have heard that for four years and in those four years america lost 610,000 manufacturing jobs. promise policy number one past failure. tax the rich . paying for entitlement and expansion and social services. the plan is it not say how

much you bring in when you tax people making $250,000 a year and brings in a maximum of 80 billion a year and that is it ay fraction of the deficit. >> steve: going to have to go after people in the middle class. >> this is it a stream of failed policy. nothing new but good glossy pr >> brian: the only thing he brought up he's understanding mitt romney is getting traction in talking about natural gas and oil. he's doing that more. >> in this plan he called for expanded oil production . but at the same time he took out 11 million acres in alaska for gas lin and oil production and man dates in the future, we have to take 80 percent of the resources from solar and

hydroand wind in its place. that is it a contradiction. >> gretchen: it is smart marketing. there are no more debates. >> steve: it is it a smack of desperation 12 days before the election . it looks like left overs. >> left overs again. >> steve: hey, how have a great day in fox business. >> yes you will, i will be there. >> brian: voters fraud does not exist. you are about to see a democratic congressman telling people how to beat the system. >> gretchen: how can you steal the pot light from the president. plant a kiss on someone's cheek. adorable photoand i don't see her wiping it off. >> steve: happy birthday to katie perry.

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morning. president upstaged by romance by the kids in the top of the back row. one kid seized the moment for himself and planted the kiss on his class mate . >> steve: she doesn't look happy. >> gretchen: i wonder if she wiped it off. >> steve: there you go picture of the day. 32 minutes now and time to look at head lines on this thursday. it sounds like the plot of a horror movie. cops say a little girl saved from a sex ofener in the nick of time. a registered sex ofener reached in through the window of a home and grabbed her and shelton held abigal and then called police.

police don't believe abigal was harmed while he held her. >> brian: students knew her as a friendly teacher's aide who helped them with their home work . she was involve indeed a brutial murder fren years ago . shocking information. the 64 year old providing false information on her application after getting out of jail in 1972. she moved from indiana to iowa . the school had no idea until they received a tip. >> gretchen: congressman jim moran's son talking about people using fake do you mean to pose as vores. >> yeah. they have it on there. >> gretchen: patrick moran told the activist to call the

voters to make sure they are not voting. moran resigned from the campaign. >> steve: a woman in michigan taking the fight with the neighborhoods to the front yard. one reads rest in nosy neighbors and the other has initials of the neighbors show had the beef with. >> where are their names. pr. >> no one has that. phil. >> what about paul ryan. you done do that if you want to get along with people in your neighborhood. why would you do that. >> steve: she was getting back fot newspapers about complaining about a camper in her driveway. would you complain if you are next door? yeah probably. >> brian: the panda teem and tigers made history in the process . it is known as kung fu panda.

it is against the best pitcher in baseball. he's the fourth to do it. the giants won the game 8-3 . game two tonight, you can find that on the fox net work. and plenty of talk about the yankees trading arod . joe jird - giradi said he's not going anywhere. >> i expect alex to be here. he will have to show me he is healthy and ready to go. >> brian: and he doesn't strike out. remarks rod was benched a bunch of times and flirted with women in the stands. other news. nfl has gone pink for breast

cancer month. the refs will use pink flags. and the idea came from an 11 year old boy in new jersey. he suggested it in a letter saying everyone sees the flags and why not use them. the commissioner said that is a great idea let's do it. and stick around in the wonderful show. danica patrick will be here live and that is it always fun. she is worthy of a frequent guest card . >> gretchen: you are going to race her? >> brian: i will not reveal what we are doing. we have raced in the past. >> steve: we have an extreme weather alert. looking at brand new video from cuba. overnight hurricane sandy made landfall in cuba. janice has the update. a lot of people are concerned.

through the weekend this could impact folks where we are sitting? >> absolutely. carolinas up to maine. this was a category 3 storm as it made landfall on cuba and now over the bahamas. we think it will be a category two storm . farth out in time as steve mentioned, it is hugging the coast line. it is a large system. trop top storm force winds are possible and watch sunday and monday, a cold front moving over the eastern u.s. will absorb the system and it will be extra tropical like a nor'easter and back in the northeast and atlantic region. one of the computer models shows it hugging the coast and sunday and monday, boom, this situation upfolded it could be

a devastating situation for millions of people. this is one solution and gives you an indication we think it is going to back up and move in the midatlantic northeast region over the weekend, something very rare and normally don't see. >> steve: could be a real problem this weekend. janice, thank you for the update. >> brian: up next, two shootings by two radicals. only one of them is classified terror, judge napoltano is up next. >> gretchen: and then whales speaking like humans? (whale sounds) >> gretchen: so what are they trying to tell us? we are live in the aquarium about that. ♪ leaving my homeland

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>> brian: quick head lines. this is the bite. the great white took out the surf board before killing him. the great white kimed him in a popular beach near the air force base. the beaches are closed as they look for the shark. sales and awareness for chick-fi-a. coming after people attacked the chain for supporting traditional marriage. >> gretchen: the obama administration would not call the attack necessary benghazi can what they were which is terrorism. >> based on our initial information and that includes all information, we saw no evidence to back up claims by others that this was a pre-planned or premeditated attack. >> gretchen: brand new emaims show that officials knew that

the ties were tied to terror. are there legal ramifications for allegedly trying to cover tup. judge napolitano is here to discuss. >> good morning, gretchen. >> gretchen: legal ramictions? >> unfortunately no . these are difficult case to read . the government can lie and cheat and conceal the truth. andlet remedy is not a legal action, it is to vote the government out of office. jay carny who is a nice guy. either was materially misleading the people to whom he was speak nothing the white house press room or kept in the dark by those in the white house who knew about it . let fact that the white house and state department and major intelligence agencies knew within moments of the start of the attack that it was not a spontanous reaction by ordinary libyans to a home made movie in california, but

was a organized terrorist ash assault on our property is it indus putable. we know that 400 senior people in the white house and state department ipteligence community were emaiming about this as it was happening. they either did didn't tell yay carney or susknow rice or chris wallace and others or they were lying or told to lie. >> gretchen: is there a difference between that and maybe spinning a store store when you are trying to keep the interest of the united states safe. i am trying to think about the covertacs where the government doesn't tell the government the truth. >> understood . the government can't have it both ways. the president stated tion stewart on the today show on comedy central. we'll get the information out as son as we have it and the 60 minutes interview something

he said to the reporter in the camera that they didn't air in which he alluded it might be terrorist. i think the president knew was happen susap rice knew what was happens but if they say it is al-qaida or militia that hates the west that is inconsist not with the message of the president's campaign. he killed bin laden and al-qaida is on the run and therefore reelect him. >> gretchen: people will have questions about this. fort hood shooting never labeled a terrorist attack is a work place shooting. and now the chick-fil-a should ther who walks washington dc and they are labeling that a terror attack. why the difference? >> i don't know why have done this. the labeling is done in a nonlegal context. the courts don't care what

label the government puts on a crime. the cowers care what is the charge and does the government have enough evidence to prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. the evidence guilt is overwhelm b, he's already exposed to the death penalty and so adding a label to his crime or alleged crime would not increase the penalty or change. >> gretchen: we have done brews that the victim fort hood -- they don't get compensation or purple hearts. >> that is a good point and that is something that the president could change by a phone call to attorney general holder. why where is he lately? that could be done with a phone call from the president and attorney general. sorry, cont ricyst that? >> gretchen: we'll do a segment tomorrow. >> attorney general, where are you?

>> certainly an election season. i wonder if that is it cons dense. >> gretchen: vice president joe biden confused again. where is he? >> ladies and gentlemen, this is it a guy running all of the ads in iowa saying hoo's getting tough on china >> gretchen: he was not in iowa. he was in ohio. we'll try to talk to humans in a language try toks plain what they have found next. >> here is fascinating news, experts in the national marhine mammal foundation discovered whales who mim mick - mimic the human voice. is that how fat we are getting. whales get us and want to have a chat. that guy looks like me they want to talk, rail? ♪

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it is one of the coolest discoveries we heard in a long time. what he means that sound like they are talking like people. (whales sowns) >> steve: a white whale learned apparently to push air through the blow hole to make a human sound. how did he learn to do that . here is mr. william hurley .

>> good morning, steve. thanks for having me. >> steve: we saw the video and it sounds like that thing is trying to say something. >> kind of reminds you of joe biden at times, steve. you know, what you are witnessing right now is an animal who is young and learning to play sort of a rep tore of whistle clicks, and we hear something that frarchingly we want to hear in a sense. we say he's talking. you might find a dog who makes the similar sound and say he is talking but not using that language. >> steve: my wife said i thought the dog could say i love you. you are saying the an mams trying to mimic or are they communicating? >> i think it is it clear it is a mimickry moment. it is not an issue to talk.

they do community with each other with body gestures and clicks and whistles. many an mams use sound to communicate a concept and not necessary low use of a language. >> steve: what got us talking about this. the whale named noc, it was smallest of the pack taken out to san diego and they he appeared to be talking to people and a navy diver in the water. who told me to get out. he was saying out, out, out and he thought it was a person talking to him. >> certainly the way they use blow holes and morchingy lips they can make sounds. and some of them are close to what you are thinking is said, it is it a mimicary moment and mimic a whistle of the trainer

and a parrot making a sound of a telephone ring and they sort of play with it. >> steve: for instance in your aquarium out in georgia and in san diego where they were keeping an eye on the gigantic animals. it is important to observe them. >> they are facing a uncertain future in the artic as the ice and environment changes f. you don't have animal to train and learn from and have wonderful rapes and figure out the secres of how they do what they domp we'll not know how to save them from the decades and things that come ahead of us. >> steve: williford, the head linine though ited -- ited like knock. the baby whale was mimicking or paritying what hoe heard.

>> i hate to take away the fun of the store store, but that would be the fact. >> steve: you would know. you are studying this stuff your life long. and thank you very much. >> steve, it is a pleasure. >> steve: right back at you. five minutes before the top of the hour, she may be pretty, but she is pretty rough. danica patrick racing her way in to our studio. >> they get you noticed. >> steve: yes, they domp speaking of good looking ladies with a $25 million bra. aha bra. we'll go behind the scenes . ♪ ♪ gives you a 50% annual bonus.

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>>. >> gretchen: good morning, today is thursday, october 25, i'm gretchen carlson. they are the e-mails the white house didn't want you to see. they show the administration not only new about the terror attack in libya but it actually tried responding but did they respond quick enough? were they covering something up and it didn't go so well. >> brian: joe biden confused again. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is a guy who is running all the ads here in iowa sag saying he is going to get tough on china. >> brian: problem was, he wasn't in iowa. [ laughter ] >> brian: and as tough as nation danica patrick is live here with her race car, screen left. fox and friends, hour two on

thursday starts right now. ♪ >> gretchen: hopefully we'll get your motors revved up today. headlines, there is a hurricane heading our way now. brand-new video from cuba, hurricane sandy battering trees and crashing over the walls and in florida beachgoers are dealing with windy conditions and large ocean swells but biggest threat are those living in the northeast. people here in the northeast could get heavy rain maybe even snow. three hours from now, the murderer of jessica ridgeway making his first court ahere's. he confessed to his own mom about killing the colorado can

girl and she called police. >> she was so infat waited, he would talk about it was different. >> it's kind of terrifying to think i knew him. he was always real quiet. >> gretchen: and also linked to attempted kidnapping back in may. >> a man that was once committed to a mental institution, records show that floyd palmer spent time at maryland psychiatric hospital for another violent crime. palmer allegedly killed gregg mcdowell inside world changers church in georgia then he took off. he was arrested n at a mall. he is former maintenance man who resigned in august. >> the gift that keeps on giving. joe biden making another gaffe on the campaign trail. >> ladies and gentlemen, this is

a guy who running all the ads here in iowa he is going to get tough on china. i have the great privilege privilege being in the state, it's my 25th event but i've been all over the state. >> iowa, ohio, he is not familiar with the state as you might think. he was in another state ohio, not iowa. >> steve: was he in ohio or iowa 25 times? >> brian: the president pulled an all-nighter with finals coming up. >> brand-new video of the president arriving in tampa where he'll make a final push for voters. he just took a "redeye" and ed henry is live in florida. let's see if he is blurry-eyed ready to tell us what is up.

>> reporter: i think i'm in florida, i don't remember. president yesterday was in iowa and colorado and then nevada. he was joining becoming the fact if you are not going to get any sleep you might as well be in vegas. katie perry among the celebrities performing for the crowd. i think it's telling that normally a candidate waits until the final weekend to a sprint like this. he is hitting six battlegrounds, you do a fly around at the very end. he is doing it in part because obama campaign has lost some momentum to mitt romney and they want to see the momentum is back. his final argument is all about trust. he is trying to make the case that you just simply can't trust mitt romney because he has flip-flopped on so many key positions. >> we joked about romnesia but the reason i bring this up is

because it speaks to something serious. that is, the issue of trust. there is no more serious issue in the presidential campaign then who can you trust? trust matters. who is going to look out for you? >> reporter: bad timing for the president as he makes trust the central issue. you noted the e-mails that came out that show within two hours of the terror attack in benghazi information was coming in the white house situation room, not just the state department suggesting there may have been an al-qaeda link. three republican senators have now written a letter to the president demanding he clear up what the e-mails show. what the white house knew and who in the white house knew about it. white house has been pushing back and saying the information

was streaming into the white house on the 9/11 day of the terror attack was unclassified information coming in from facebook and other unclassified sites. bottom line the three republican senators are demanding the president have a news conference talk directly to the american people before the election about exactly what happened. >> brian: is there any indication and information that all these revelations out of benghazi are starting to affect them at all. president seems to be almost ignoring it? >> i think that is a probably right. he doesn't wanted to talk about it. he hasn't had a news conference with the white house press corps in a long time. he hasn't gotten any questions about libya. he is talking about domestic issues. there has been an f.b.i. investigation going on.

a state department review as well, highly unlikely we're going to get the results of those investigations, it's much more likely we'll get that after the investigation. >> gretchen: of course, due to the political situation. doesn't jay car if i get questions about libya? >> we have been giving him tough questions. what happens when the president travels there is not a daily briefing back at the white house. jay will do an off camera what they call a gaggle and he gets some questions you dominated what is going on here on the campaign trail. so the white house is develop trying to keep the focus on some of the other issues. they don't want to talk about libya. it's not a story that has been good for them and shifting stories that have been coming out of the white house. >> steve: ed henry, thank you very much. charles crawl hammer was on the air last night and he agrees. it sounds like they are trying

to push it off. >> their stories piling one untruth on top of another. the fact it was incompetent cover-up is not an argument being an cover-up. a lot of coverups and crimes are incompetent that is not evidence that it wasn't. theory i have they might have thought at the beginning this is going to be a terror attack, but remember what happened between the attack and susan rice. three days of unrelenting media coverage of romney. the attacks on romney the gaffe he made. the media was uninterested in the story. they might have made a calculation the media is interested in romney stuff. we ride it out until election day. >> steve: who in the administration decided we're going with this story it's all about the video. because they put that story out for a very long time before essentially they said it was

terror. you know they elevated the video and then caused more demonstrations throughout the mideast. >> how about the soundbite that made the president made it sound like he knew it was a terror attack. why did that come out two and a half weeks later. it makes the president better yes, but makes everybody else look horrible. >> gretchen: you are right. this was not a situation that happened in in egypt. and there were folks looking to target americans from the start. why wouldn't you include that in the 60 minute parts of the broadcast. this is something i think the president would want out there because there was a lot of questioning because whether or not he was calling it a terror attack. >> brian: how do you ought view and letterman and not say the same thing. >> gretchen: was this aired

right away? >> brian: it was yesterday. >> gretchen: but the interview aired, the administration knew that that that piece was not in it so they went out and -- that is what i'm asking. >> brian: it aired that sunday. 9/11 was on tuesday. >> yes, hillary clinton went out and somebody, she did respond to the fact that big story we were talking about yesterday which was apparently two hours after the attack there were some e-mails into 300, 400 in-boxes including the white house an affiliate of al-qaeda was claiming responsibility. she went out yesterday at the department of the state where she said, quote, posting something on facebook is not in and of itself evidence. >> brian: in this day and age it

is. they did it on twitter though. >> steve: then we got our hands on another e-mail that says sensitive but unclassified. current shelter location for chief of mission personnel is under attack by mortar fire. there are reports of injuries to chief of mission staff. the key there is mortar fire. that means terrorists. we knew very early on it was terrorists. >> gretchen: why was more help not sent? two people killed in the first round, two people killed six hours later. our own jennifer griffin explain what military options were. >> here is what the pentagon did do. they sent a special operations forces to tripoli to benghazi. they sent marines from spain. they sent a special operations force, they moved it from central europe to an air base in southern italy 480 miles from

benghazi. then they took helicopters parked in northern italy. they did not take off. two navy destroyers were moved off the coast of libya. >> steve: so the attacked, two-pronged and second part of the prong six hours later. what took so long? >> i don't want to see the military take the blame because they are used to taking orders. i just hope some officer doesn't take the fall. >> the pentagon was starting to move after it was around. >> they were waiting for the word from the commander in chief or whom is going to pull the trigger, let's get those guys out of there. the pentagon was ready. they had people there. >> gretchen: i'm just wondering about the time line from the 60

minutes interview where the president seems to question it could be terrorism. this is 14 hours after the attack. what happened sunday morning, susan rice went on five talk shows and said that was a videotape. so this interview would have aired after that. is there a reason why? >> somebody communicating to cbs take that clip out. >> steve: then the president went out in the rose garden and said these acts of terror and they say he was referring to this. >> brian: mitt romney did not bring it up. >> steve: which was smart. this race is tight run should we throw out with electoral college and go with the popular vote. juan and andrea will eventually talk to us. check out this $2.5 million

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>>. >> gretchen: interesting debate, an argument you often hear. should america abandon the electoral college and elect by popular vote. joining us is juan williams and andrea, good to see you both. juan, let take a first stab of this. this came to our mind. we see the candidates going from swing state to swing state. a lot of other people, hey, i'm over here. >> i tell you everybody says it

to me in the airport. why don't i get to see the candidate, why are all the ads in the swing states which are six in the country. so the idea would be somehow you open this process and you have a straight vote. that makes sense because most americans believe if you get the majority of the vote you should win the election, but that is not the case. we have an electoral college, sometimes it gives greater prisoners to people that have big states, but when you come down to getting to that 270 you have to pick out specific states that will take you there. three elections in this country where they have gotten the majority of the vote and lost the electoral college and most recent was gore in 2000. >> gretchen: with you we shouldn't mess with the constitution? >> one, it's not wise to question the wisdom of the founding fathers, ever.

i agree with juan, i think a lot of people think my vote doesn't count. i was in new york and i feel that way. as you pointed out earlier the s congressional race or senatorial race but if you got rid of the electoral college and went to popular voted. the focus would be more populated states, new york, california, illinois. that work very well for you juan. democrats would love very heavily democratic states. >> the candidates would only spend their time. they wouldn't be in the swing states. >> and think what then would happened. they will be focused on city issues. big issues in new york city or in al-qaeda like crime or for example legalization of marijuana would be presidential. >> can i jump in, why shouldn't you campaign with the majority where the american people? a state like texas, people say

its red state but it could shift. why should the candidates be making their case there? >> because rural voters would get ignored. >> it's not casting anybody aside. i understand what she is saying. the reason we will never change it. small states would be left out. they get overly represented and they don't want to get give that up. >> gretchen: so if i live in montana, either way. >> or a small town in ohio, those voters wouldn't matter anymore. >> the romney campaign has put up ads in maine because the electoral college votes by congressional district. if they comes down to 269, 269 they could get that one from maine and president romney. i like the way that sounds,

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the cars are so good-looking. this is special one. this one i drove in a series. a partner of mine for seven years a couple years ago started sponsoring for a race each year. so this is the car. >> brian: one of challenges when the car industry happened and economy gets tough, you guys felt it. we have to cut back. it's probably going to be on nascar? >> we are very sponsored driven sport. it makes the wheels turn literally. it's important. that is why we do so much outside of the race car because we have to keep them happy. we have to do our best. i'm fortunate to have people liking daddy that support me and keso on the car, tis solt but i recognize that and don't take it for granted. >> brian: are you surprised when you first on the scene there were more women coming behind you. who is holding them back?

>> i would say that is untrue. there is a lot more girls coming up through the ranks. couple years ago i went to a local track where i first got my started at. i think it was like 40% girls out there. holy crap, this is so much different when i was around there was two of us. so times of changing. >> brian: your sister as your inspiration to get into racing? >> she is. somebody asked what person got you into it. my dad has been racing for a long time but it really was my sister. anybody who has brothers and sisters you don't want to get left out. so i didn't want to be left out. thank goodness i did. >> brian: thanks so much. tissot will be at madison zwiar garden? >> we're unveiling the clock at madison square garden.

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>>. >> brian: after the presidential debate last night. fox news did one of those undecided voters. there was one vote. i'm skeptical of these undecided voters. you also always wonder. take a look. >> i wanted to know to describe mitt romney's performance? >> presidential. >> presidential and enthusiastic.

>> it was malarkey. [ laughter ] >> who was that guy? >> that is hilarious. >> how did joe biden get in there. >> he thought he was in iowa. >> thank you very much. 28 minutes before the top of the hour. extreme weather alert for you because a lot of people are looking out to the water because there is a hurricane coming. new video coming out. hurricane sandy. over hundred miles an hour and bringing dangerous rip currents in florida. sandy moves up the eastern seaboard threatening the northeast. janice dean the weather machine. right now it's in cuba but it is headed toward us on? >> folks need to pay attention to sandy's path. we'll have a better idea where the storm is potentially going to make landfall this time tomorrow. if you live along the east coast

you want to be paying attention to the forecast. there is sandy, 105 miles an hour sustained winds. at one time it was a major hurricane. it is now emerge go into the caribbean and expected to move over the bahamas. you can see the outer bands skriamg across the keys and south florida. we get a new advisory and new track at 11:00. watch as we go further out in time. this storm is going to continue to curve north and eastward but then as we head toward the weekend, early part of next week. cold front is going to continue to move eastward is going to pull this system backwards. we think there is a high potential this storm could make landfall from the peninsula all the way up to maine what are we talking about if the storm makes landfall? coastal flooding along with storm surge depending a where it makes landfall. torrential rain, maybe up to foot of rain. big concern here is high winds,

60-80 miles an hour is not out of the question. that is going to cause significant power outages for millions of folks and downed trees because the leaves are still on the trees. remember the storm last year around this time in october? the snowstorm that covered the northeast, that will be nothing compared to what we could see early next week. >> gretchen: say it isn't so. >> i wish i had better news. tomorrow we'll have a better idea of track and this could personally moving in. >> keep in mind, hurricane season runs until the last day of november. >> meanwhile, other headlines for you. it's supposed to make voting in one swing state easier but it could wind up holding the results. absentee ballot applications were sent to 7 million registered voters in ohio. there is over 800,000 who haven't completed one. anyone who decides to vote at polls will be forced to use a provisional ballots.

those ballots by law can't be counted until november 17th. we may have to wait weeks to know if president obama or mitt romney won the election if there are ballots contested in ohio. >> could one baby be born to three parents? scientists in oregon have created embryos from genes from one man and three. they are trying to perfect the technique and they want to see prevent babies helping dementia. researchers say they wouldn't be replacing genes. >> gretchen: oldest american audio recording made by thomas edison has been uncovered. ♪ ♪ >> gretchen: it was coronet solo

and it was made on a sheet of tin foil that was placed on the cylinder of the phonograph. it was recorded way back in 1878. >> meanwhile, another hollywood liberal jumping ship from team obama. >> i can support obama for a second. i have come around as this as a liberal a but there is no way i can support obama for a second term. >> as i said earlier. >> more snyder added if the president gets re-elected, people who are entrenched in the system are going to get more entrenched. john lovett another celebrity who supported the president but can no longer do it. he recently blasted the president's tax plans. meanwhile, the panda and tigers, pablo sandoval known as

panda himself slamming three home runs in game one of the world series against detroit. he is the fourth player to do so in a world series game. giants won in front of their home fans 8-3. >> game two tonight also be in san francisco. it will be fox broadcast network. >> plenty of talk about the yankees. what happened to them? they are not in the world series. big question, highest paid player in sports, alex rodriguez will be he be third baseman for the yankees? >> i expect him to to be there. what is he going to have to show me? he is healthy and ready to go. that is bottom line. >> brian: his body language and his words said no. he drew criticism for flirting with girls on the stands which is it go to take being benched.

breast cancer awareness month is taking a step further on sunday. the refs will use pink flags for the jets-dolphins game. it came from a 11-year-old boy. he suggested in a letter everyone sees those flags, why not make them pink. this is actually is one of the footballs they will be playing with. look what we have for you. >> very nice. >> a minnesota vikings hat and gloves you see the n.f.l. players well. these are legal. there you go. you also have a whistle. what kid does not want to play referee at home. >>. >> gretchen: how many parents do? >> and which ones. there you go. if you have somebody in your life who carries around a towel

you can wipe your hands, have them take this around your belt buckle and lean over. football. >> gretchen: no, just toss it. >> oh, works the steady cam. won't be so steady. i can't tell you that football just hit him. >> call it a blast from the past. gas for 1.84 but there is a powerful message and live in new jersey heather is to explain. >> when is the last time you paid 1.84 for a gallon of gas? it was four years ago. the national average is $3.62 a gallon of gasoline. that is down about 13 cents over the past couple of weeks. that is due to winter blend gasoline and whole bunch of other things. with the high cost of gasoline

today in mind, there is a conservative flea market group called americans for prosperity. they are now paying the difference between what drivers pay today and what they paid four years ago. so folks have been lining up here for at least the past hour. we are if jersey city to try to take advantage of this bargain gas prices. let's talk to one driver. his name is al. came a few miles to save some money this morning. tell me what the high cost means to you and your family? >> high cost of gas right now is basically horrendous because you have a -- this is very expensive of the area as it is. gas prices are nothing to take for granted. they really need to continue being this cheap. this is a blessing right now. >> reporter: this is for a couple hours and save you $20. >> give or take. >> reporter: would you be more willing to vote for a different administration in this election

as a result of the high gas prices today? >> in all honesty to keep the prices cheap, i'm willing to vote for them. >> this is part of national campaign. they are doing this 13 states to drive to home the point. it is more expensive than it was four years ago. >> great thing about that being in new jersey is the fact that not only is gas 1.84 but in new jersey, somebody has has to put the gas in the car. it's the last of the unions. we love it. >> but you charged more. >> gas is cheaper in new jersey than it is in new york, pal. >> gretchen: i was in the middle of debate for a moment. >> and all right. kotd president's response to

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>> quick headlines, f.b.i. joined into investigation who sent fake letters to voters in florida. they wanted to resubmit information and no longer citizens if they attempt to vote. >> and sinking tugboat. they had seconds to spare. they were able to escape through a window and jump on to a nearby

barge. happened in portsmith, maine. >> steve: brand-new e-mail came by fox news showed the obama administration, pentagon and state department new specific details about the benghazi attack as it played out in realtime. but their response did not come fast enough to save four lives. why didn't they tell the american people what they knew? could the scandal cost the president politically? peter johnson, jr. >> new e-mails demonstrate an awareness in the white house situation room as to what was going on the ground. we know now and evidence is in that we were not prepared for the attack and we did not rebut this attack. we moved folks from italy and spain and we didn't send them in. the question becomes, why didn't we send them in?

was there a political consideration made to sacrifice people on the ground. question number two, why were different stories told after the event took place? i would submit two issues, "a" it's the al-qaeda narrative, we're winning the battle, osama bin laden is dead. number two, shame and guilt. let's talk about that. why shame and why guilt? if i'm the president and secretary of defense and vice president who meet within an hour of this attack when there is an awareness of the white house and climb that plane to las vegas the next morning, there would be an overwhelming sense of despair and grief and hopelessness and powerlessness. what happened? why didn't we respond? why didn't we save these good men in benghazi? the president is good man, but there was incompetence.

there was failure and there was a lack of response. so what do we say? this is spontaneous event. this is riot, this is demonstration. this is about a tape. we have varying stories, one an act of terror and next moment a spontaneous event. this needs an investigation. this is beyond the presidential election. we mention watergate earlier. watergate happened in 1972 during the presidential election. two years later, richard nixon was forced out of office. we don't know high crimes and misdemeanors. >> steve: and people died here. it's a political season a so the white house, there are a lot of people say, it started with the hoax, yeah it was about the tape. people in the middle east, see it was about the tape. they made it even more. people say it started with the hoax, light but there was a

cover-up. >> and it is still continuing. lindsay graham it is a stonewall and cover-up. we need to watch this every day so it doesn't happen again. it's about honor and the country. >> steve: great analysis. political ads like this one are full of spin. how is a candidate supposed to fight the propaganda? john stossel is here before they throw grandma off the cliff. and i just called to say i love you by stevie wonder was number one ♪ i just called to say how much i care ♪ ♪ i just called... [ male announcer ] how do you make america's favorite recipes? just begin with america's favorite soups. bring out chicken broccoli alfredo. or best-ever meatloaf. go to campbellskitchen.com for recipes, plus a valuable coupon.

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>>. it's politics she is talking about. do they really lie? or is it spin? >> and there is not a politics telling the truth. >> truth is good. >> i inhaled frequently. >> i like to fire people that provide services to me. >> this goes beyond truth. i'm serious about confronting political propaganda. >> some campaigns will do anything to get your vote especially right now, but what about the political propaganda is just wrong and not true. how do the candidates and voters get past the spin. >> gretchen: john stossel is here with the untold secret of politician. what did you find out? >> there is all kinds of deceit. i get so annoyed to hear these guys say it over and over again. there is a reason. because when they try to get

real they get taken. mitt romney was more authentic and he said this. >> i like being able to fire people that provide services to me. >> he was tra trashed for that because it makes it sound cruel. he was saying in a free market you have a choice. if government owns your health insurance you can't fire your insurance company. i like it i can fire mcdonald's and hire burger king. >> she was speaking the true and you have an apology right now. >> john: in one of my listed that as a gaffe and i said, no this isn't a gaffe. he was speaking the truth. >> gretchen: so what you are saying when politicians speak the truth they can get themselves into difficulty and that is why they fall back into this propaganda? >> john: yes, often and worst and many times, stay on message all the time.

i hate it and think they are phony but most people are not like political junkies and they don't notice the repetition. another thing they say things they don't mean. we have an example from president obama here, a candidate obama at the time. >> she believes that we have to force people who don't have health insurance to buy it. >> john: force, mandate. we just forget this stuff when three years later, we do. >> one of problems who is the official referee. we saw candy crowley. when you go to the fact checkers some of them have a political agenda it seems. >> john: they do. i have been reading in the weekly standard, the so-called fact check is.

>> gretchen: you have to fact check the fact checker. >> john: i guess the referees are the voters. >> i go to the same guy that i go to is geraldo rivera. >> check out stossel's program 9:00 p.m. eastern time. >> gretchen: coming up our show, two shootings by two different radicals but only one of them classified as terror. how does that work. judge napolitano gives us his take. >> mortgage fraud case for billions. do they owe you some cash? stay tuned, bob massey will answer your questions. hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages.

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>>. >> gretchen: good morning, today it's thursday, october 25, 2012, i'm gretchen carlson. they are the e-mails, white house did not want released showing the administration knew about the terror attack on our consulate and stopped short of sending military help. >> president of the united states on media blitz, one thing mainstream media is not touching michelle is weighing on that. >> brian: clint eastwood is back and he is not talking to an empty chair. >> we need somebody that can help fast and that is mitt romney. >> brian: polls are neck and neck, almost deadlocked, will it work for the g.o.p. i asked that karl rove and he is on the show. fox and friends starts now.

♪ ♪ ♪ let's have some fun ♪ let the good times roll ♪. >> welcome back. fox and friends under water. live pictures of the aquarium down in atlanta. we told out story about that baby beluga that sure sounded like he was talking to people. there is the beluga right there. we talked to the guy who runs the aquarium to find out whether or not it was talking or whether or not it's just parroting. >> i haven't seen this barbara walters swore her dog was talking to her. >> gretchen: i'm upset we're not in scuba gear doing the show from there. >> it's a shame. >> because we are sidetracked on

this election. >> gretchen: we have to have a little fun. we'll find out. can whales speak to humans? >> what do they want to know? >> what question do they have. >> gretchen: let's get to your headlines. we do have a severe weather alert. at this time hurricane sandy causing serious waves in florida. early next week it could become a super storm threatening north carolina up to maine with heavy rains, wind and even snow. some are saying it could be worse than the perfect storm back in 1991. that storm did about $200 million in damage. janice will have the details. >> in two hours a 17-year-old arrested for the murders of jessica ridge way. he confessed to his own mom about killing the colorado girl. she then called the police. he is the goth kid that wanted to be a mortician.

>> he was so infat waited the idea with death. the idea he would talk about it was different. >> kind of terrifying to think i knew him. he was always really quiet. >> gretchen: he is linked to an attempted kidnapping of a 22-year-old back in may. students who knew her as a friendly teacher's aide but they the didn't know she was involved with a brutal murder 47 years ago. they say the 64-year-old was fired on for providing false information on her application. the school this no idea about her past. she moved from indiana to iowa and then changed her name. >> gretchen: suspect of the shooting in family research council facing terror charges. he brought in a bagful of chick-fil-a sand wishes and then

started shooting. they labeled it a terror attack. it refuses to call the fort hood shooting a trer attack. >> the case of the fort hood shooter, evidence of guilt is overwhelming. he is already exposed to the death penalty. so adding a labeling to his crime or his alleged crime would not increase the penalty. >> gretchen: this week the defense department said it will not reclassify it despite pressure from victims and their families. those are your headlines this morning. >> steve: chilling e-mail that revealed realtime information during the attack in benghazi. obama administration trying to downplay the e-mails. wendall goler has more on this thursday morning. >> reporter: those e-mails are characterized as sensitive but unclassified.

they went to the white house and director of national intelligence and third of those e-mails said, quote, update two, a group claims responsibility for benghazi attack. that was based on a facebook posting. another e-mail, ds command reports the current, chief of mission is under attack by mortar fire. there are reports of injuries to staff. that location is thought to have been a c.i.a. annex where the consulate staff took refuge before being chase today another building a mile away. mike rogers says the long and coordinated attack does not suggest a protest gone bad. >> there are a lot of indicators because of the way they coordinated the attack that it took some sense of planning. now, if it's 30 mitts, 24 hours or two weeks, that is still a

preplanned event. some notion they just decided at a whim they would show up and be wildly successful doesn't cut mustard here. >> reporter: at the same time the first video did blame the controversial anti-islam movie. here is a clip from a report the night of september 11th. >> americans want to say something bad about prophet muhammad. i'm speaking in english now to them. don't make our people angry because they will kill. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton says the facebook posting was not considered to be relike evidence. >> posting something on facebook is not in and of itself evidence. i think it just underscores how fluid the reporting was at the time and conned for some time to

be. >> reporter: she pointed out the al-qaeda group that claimed responsibility denied it was involved a short while later and a week after the attack, c.i.a. director david petraeus was still telling lawmakers was done by militants who had infiltrated a mosque. thank you very much. >> gretchen: bring in michelle. good morning. let's get your reaction to the latest in libya. one of the big questions is where the mainstream media on this. brian williams did a sit down with president obama and apparently there is no question of the material released thus far any questions about the libya situation. >> that's right. i think with very few exceptions the pose of most mainstream journalism and the washington press corps is to cover their ears and close their eyes, we

can't hear you when the american people are demanding answers. in particularly the families of those who were murdered in benghazi. i know that there is so many people watching whose blood pressure has been through the roof for the last six weeks to to see all the evolutions and the straight bald faced lies that continue to drip out of this administration over this bloody debacle. >> we have been featuring the e-mail that somebody released to us, apparently some from the non-intel community. mortars were used that indicates terrorists and two hours after the attack that apparently some al-qaeda affiliate was taking credit for it. we talked about it yesterday on this program. let's take a look at the other morning shows and how much they dedicated to it. cbs did 52 seconds, "good

morning america," 25 seconds and today show, zero. >> yeah, that is right. talking about the content of the e-mails does not fit the glossy narrative of the obama administration that so many of these water carriers of the media want to peddle. it's to the credit of fox news and to those exceptional mainstream outlets, cbs, cheryl atkinson. reuters reported on this as well and british outlets have done a better job on the american ones on reporting on this. the breakdown breakdown is so damning and credit to news busters how these narratives are shifting and being shaped at the white house, but how they are being suppressed by the very people whose core job is to

inform the american people before the most american election of my lifetime. >> i know that iowa is up for grabs. it's important to get detroit register to endorse. with this controversy. what is your take on your president, i gave my interview off the record. mitt romney said i'll give it on the record. they said fine and released it. now, the president says go ahead and release it. one of revelations was about the economy. no regrets about focusing on health care and the economy struggled. >> let's take a look at his behavior. it tells us everything we already have known about his lack of commitment to transparency. it wasn't until after the des moines editorial board blogged and called him out. release the transcript. what it showed was this arrogant stubborn hubris about the first 100 days, first couple years of his administration where he has

clung to this notion what he did this bogus trillion dollar stimulus that was rammed down the american people's throats followed by a ramming down of marine intervention that didn't help people out of work, obamacare, he has no regrets. not only about the specific agenda items but the corrupt way in which he pursued them. >> gretchen: i also had a problem with the "des moines register" they would have a different protocol for mitt romney and barack obama. even though you are going to make an endorsement. voters would like to hear from both of them? >> you would hear. it's not just obama that should be embarrassed but the editorial board, as well. as i have been invoking it's just another example of shock face that they have these double standards.

>> brian: i want to get your impression, for the second consecutive cycle, colin powell is going with president obama. are you surprised? >> shock faced again. my shock face muscles are worn out. the fact he continues to be touted as a republican -- come on. get rid of the label. its useful tool to have these democrat liberals to make them look reasonable. >> steve: she joins us once a week from colorado springs. check her out at twitch which i.com. >> gretchen: the government settling a mortgage fraud case for billions. do they owe you cash? bob massi is going to be next. >> and voter fraud doesn't exist? look at this video. this is democratic congressman telling people how to beat the system. ♪ ♪

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>>. >> gretchen: some of america's biggest banks helping homeowners rebuild their dreams after they destroyed them in the first place. it's of a settlement. >> bob massi joins us now what we need to know about the national mortgaged fraud settlement. >> we talked about this back in february of this year there was a $25 billion settlement as a result of the attorney generals suing the lenders. for that they should be commended. there is $25 billion it's like

petty cash but there will be a distribution of some of this money in each state. that is alert our viewers today as what they could be looking for. >> gretchen: how do you know if you are eligible to get some of this money? >> what happens they will get, those homeowners to be eligible, i'm not sure of the protocols and criteria, but they send a form to you, a letter and form that has an i.d. number on it. it will give you instructions specifically as to how you fill out the form and you send it back to the appropriate agency they direct you to do. almost every american in this country can go on to the website of state where they live to the attorney general's particular website and they have complete explanation. you send it back at some point you'll get a little money back. nothing compared to people's dreams that were destroyed.

>> we have to look out for scams. get that money you go to them and look out for that? >> you know what, you and i both know this is an avenue for scams. if anybody gets this letter that appears to be from an agency of the state. it says to you, brian, gretchen, send this form out and that is scam. i really alert our viewers, that will happen. this is free and doesn't cost the homeowner anything. as soon as that happens, report it to attorney general's office because that is in fact a scam. >> gretchen: you say even though it's $26 billion it's still a drop in the bucket. average checks is $1800. >> could you imagine people -- let's remember this was the old robo signing the fraud that was perpetrated on homeowners in america that lost their home. they could get $1800 up to $3,000 which is nothing.

they don't lose the right to sue the lenders but who is going to have the time and money to do it? it's really petty cash, but it's something. i commend the attorney generals for doing something. >> brian: what do you do. i give you example. next week bob we have a source that says you are hitting the road again for rebuilding your dreams tour, can you confirm this? >> i am. a day after halloween, i'll be in fort myers november 1 at the yacht club. those that want to attend rebuilding your dreams at foxnews.com. register. i will air it like we did down at treasure island. from 6:00 to 9:00. i'll be giving a seminar. rebuilding your dreams at foxnews.com. >> gretchen: great to see you every week. >> have you heard about the president's plan that will raise

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a man's surfboard. they are confirming the great shark attacked him at a popular beach a near vandenberg air force base. >> steve: four years later, president has a plan to create jobs in america but according to our next guest there is a plan in the works that the president hasn't told us about that will kill jobs and raise gas prices. rashg go member of the committee and author of the book greatest hoax how the global warming conspiracy threatens your future. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: i know you have written a letter, trying to expose this before the election. you say that the obama epa is just lurking until after the election when they can spring a whole bunch of new rules on america. >> steve, first of all, the

problems with this president, deficit we understand that came from his budget and war on fossil fuels, is going to cause the prices going up and disarming of america's military. people don't understand the cost of regulations. the cost of regulations is probably greater than the cost of servicing this deficit from him. so we have been making an issue out of making sure that people know what these regulations are, how much they will cost. then we discovered, it came out with a report three days ago, that the president is planning disobeying the law again and not coming out and saying what types of regulations they are going to be until after the election. now, my website, this report ree we came out with.

ozone would affect 650 counties throughout america. that would lose jobs and keeping people from developing new jobs. cap and trade those regulations would be coming out. that would be $400 billion tax increase. they have already spent $68.4 billion on this. nobody knew about it. that was without authorization from the committee. all these things will be coming out the day after the election. >> steve: let's go ahead and take a look at some of the amounts of money these things could cost businesses. greenhouse gas rules, $400 billion. ozone, $90 billion. fracking that driving down the cost that would be $1.5 billion a year and coal could cost $79-110 billion over the next 20 years. senator, i know you were looking toward the election on a couple of tuesdays from now.

you've got a dog in this race and that is the fact if the senate is retaken by the republicans, you then, sir, would be the guy who runs the committee rather than barbara boxer. >> it would go from barbara boxer to me the same as it went from me to barbara boxer. differing philosophies. you mentioned hydraulic fracturing. they had to admit there has been never any case of groundwater contamination. we can't get any of these tight formations without using it. that is how the president wants to kill oil and gas leasing. >> steve: we're going to have to find out what happens after the election. you have given us a little cautionary tale. senator inhofe, thank you very

much. >> steve: 28 minutes after the hour. scientists make a major discovery, whales -- they sure sound like they are talking like people. don't they. are they trying to tell us something. we're about to find something out. and instant analysis how it could affect the election. ♪ ♪ ♪ the heart of rock and roll ♪ what i've seen i believe him ♪. ♪ ♪

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>> gretchen: fox business alert. labor departmental releasing jobless numbers. 369,000 first time unemployment claims were filed last week. that was down from the week before and slightly less than expected. they were expecting 370,000. eric joins us from the five. >> 370, what they expected, i look back a year ago they were running about 355 the numbers aren't getting better. 388 last week was big number. it absolutely has to be pushing 350, 325,000 for the jobs to be

creating jobs. can i do this number? the reason i want to jump to the monthly unemployment number. it's so important to the election. something happened last month. we talked about it a little bit. we need to remind everyone. between the two months from september to october, the number the labor force stayed about the same. here is the issue. in september there were 12.54 million out of work. that made up 8.1% unemployment rate. in october, 12.088 million people and dropped down to 7.8%. that is difference of 456,000 jobs in one month. no longer unemployed. if you go by jobs created by the same department, only 114,000 were created. so we are missing 342,000 jobs. we are missing them, premium who

are no longer unemployed but the economy created 114,000. they will tell you these were people who took temporary work oh they are no longer unemployed. i went back and i looked over month over month. this number, sometimes it goes in the other direction. sometimes it's 20,000, sometimes 30,000, i never saw it 342,000 jobs in one month. if this number doesn't correct, i think i think congress should investigate the department of labor. i think there is something. >> there is something fishy about the numbers? >> it brings the unemployment rate down below 8%. >> gretchen: jack welsh had problem with the numbers. when do they normally do the correction? >> they can revise it a week from friday. they can do it the following month or the following month. problem is it's so big.

i would love -- there is so much interested in that number, 342,000 jobs went. i would like to see them correct it. unemployment rate all things remaining equal would be 8.1%. >> we'll be watching you "the five," with four other people. >> and new video out of south florida right there. hurricane sandy already triggering dangerous rip currents. by the weekend people can expect to see tropical storm conditions as sandy moves up the seaboard threatening the northeast with heavy winds and rain and even snow. say it ain't so. >> this time last year we were talking about a storm system that brought snow on halloween. this could be a much bigger deal. if you live across the eastern seaboard up to maine, start thinking about what your preparations are going to be for

a very large, destructive storm. this is sandy, category 2 storm. it was a category 3 when it made landfall across cuba. moves closer to bahamas but it's a huge storm, hundreds and hundreds of miles. you are seeing outer bands scraping across florida and the keys. here the future radar, heading into thursday and friday showing even the center is way offshore. we are still getting the battering waves, wind and rain across the coastline. there is the latest forecast track. we get a new track at 11:00, really important because this track will show us if we think the storm is going to make a hook back in the defendant line. it looks like that. it's going interact with the cold front that is moving across the east coast transition the storm perhaps into a super storm. remember the movie, 1991 it merged with a hurricane a cold system and brought the perfect

storm conditions. it was offshore. this system could move onshore and be potentially more destructive. this could be a billion dollar event. all eyes are watching it. >> sandy hook. thank you. >> brian: little girl saved from a registered sex offender. chef ri reached in through the window of a home in missouri and grabbed a five-year-old right out of her bed. amber alert and seven hours later, he called police and ready to surrender. cops found him a few miles south of the city. they don't believe the girl was harmed. >> gretchen: voter fraud scandal for jim moran. his son talking about people using fake documents to pose as voters.

>> patrick moran tells the activist as a campaign worker shooting this video to call the voters to make sure they won't be voting. moran resigned from his father's campaign. >> meanwhile, a woman picking fight with her neighbors six feet under. she put tombstones in her front yard. one reads rest in peace nosey neighbors while others have her initials on some of the headstones. >> should you put their names on tombstones. >> where are the names? >> p.r.. >> nobody has the initialing p.r.. >> what about paul ryan? >> why would you do something like that? >> good question. her neighbors complained to the city about camper parked in her driveway. maybe the headstones are payback. >> meanwhile,? >> brian: you are looking at

white beluga whale. georgia aquarium and they discovered a whale named knock can mimic human speech. take a listen. >> brian: it sounds like he swallowed a kazoo. he makes a human like sound. earlier on fox and friends we asked a man who have been studying them and studying knock's blow hole how they are communicating. >> they can make sounds, no doubt about it. some of them can be close to what you are thinking but reality it's a mimic moment they can mimic a trainer or a parrot making a sound of a telephone ringing. it's something they learn to do and learn to play with. >> brian: scientists say the whale started talking so he can

communicating with his trainer. >> gretchen: very cute. all right. coming up on fox and friends, polls are getting tighter. what can we expect to happen within the next two weeks. look who is coming in, karl rove is here. >> is what what he looks like? >> and gas for a 1.84 a gallon. heather notion right where to get it. >> good morning. we're in in jersey city. how would you like that pay 1.84. that is what we paid four years ago for a gallon of gas. one driver says he is going to change his voted in the november election as a result of high gas prices. we'll talk to voters coming up. ♪ ♪

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>>. >> steve: frustrated voters lining up across the river where we're sitting for $1.84 gasoline the price when obama took office. heather is live to do some explaining. >> reporter: good morning, it's hard to imagine it was four years ago we were paying 1.84 for a gallon. today the average is 3.62 and that is down 13 cents in the past few weeks. so with this whole mess in mind there a group called americans for prosperity and they are picking up the difference between the average cost of gasoline and the cost folks are paying here. so let's go talk to one driver, one voter and get her reaction. good morning, ma'am. i want to ask you, the high cost of gasoline what is the impact on your family? >> it's very negative. i can't afford to travel as much as i would like to. it's cut my budget

significantly. it's pretty bad. >> reporter: today you are paying 1.84? >> actually because i'm on "e" so i really appreciate it. >> reporter: we pay more today than we did four years ago. does it make are more or less likely to support the president? >> i am in support of the president in the november election. i feel it takes more than one term to actually make a difference in this country. i happen to believe in lots of principles that the president and first lady put forward. >> even though you are paying more for gas? >> even though i am paying more for gas, veterans are sacrificing for this country, if i can make a sacrifice, i want to do it for a better u.s.a.. >> reporter: glad you are getting a price break. we talked to another voter that he voted for president obama four years ago but the high cost

of gas is going to change his voted. this whole thing is part of a national campaign for americans for prosperity taking place in the 13 states. we'll keep you posted as people line up here. >> gretchen: thank you so much for that update. let's go over to brian. >> brian: 14 minutes before the top of the hour. coming up next, president obama and mitt romney are in the homestretch in the last days of their campaign. when we come back, this man, he goes by the name of karl rove. we'll talk about what the strategy is that now we are inside two weeks. fascinating insight because this will be won or lost how they play this out. >> absolutely. >> brian: tell us when we come back. we'll be right back. lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just he to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower your cholesterol and -- well that's easy [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup.

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>>. >> gretchen: 12 days to go. look where we are bret baier and steve hayes and sticks and stones the president called his opponent a b.s.er. monica crowley on presidential behave and why the military was not sent in to save two former seals in benghazi. we'll see you at the top of the hour. >> all right, president obama and mitt romney is in the stretch. giving their last days of the campaign all they got and every way they can think of. who has the best strategy. former chief advisor to george bush. karl rove. you have a great column in the "wall street journal." let's look at the romney strategy for the next 13 days. >> we saw it in the debates. indict president obama's record using his own words and

standards and do so in sorrow, not in anger, do it in disappointment and not malice. talk about a plan to help the middle-class. pop through big in the public consciousness and it continued to hammer it since. this week, yesterday, paul ryan went to cleveland to give a thoughtful substantive speech about elements of the plan. governor romney is going to do it later this week. final element, accentuate he was a republican governor in a heavily democratic state. a state where 85% of the legislators were democrat. he wants to make the sense of working across party lines. >> brian: that was in the closing arguments. >> he said in the opening and closing. >> brian: so you said if what state should i concentrated on, where would you say focus on these? >> he is doing it.

nevada, colorado, iowa, wisconsin, ohio, virginia and north carolina, florida, alert three, he has to keep going to florida. slightly less time -- it's a question of dialing up and dialing out. you are not going to remove yourself entirely from all those states but the question is where you try to lock things in. she looking things in north carolina and locking things in colorado and virginia. >> brian: then real clear politics average. it couldn't be closer. this is where they are nationally right now. so romney has a slight lead. you told me it reminds you of kerry-bush? >> that average is not all polls. that is a good average. there is another way of looking at it. if you take all of the 40 national polls to be connected and but them together.

romney is at our above 50%, a obama 50% in one. so romney is in command by 2%. same composite of all the polls in the last week, george w. bush led kerry 49-48. >> brian: crossroads did this ad. full disclosure and clint eastwood is back in action. tell me what your focus was. >> last two years, america has been knocked out. 25 million people can't find full time work. if we don't get the job don't we need to hold them accountable. we need someone that can do it fast and that man is mitt romney.

future of our country is at stake. >> good ad but after coming out of the convention where so many people that clint eastwood talked to chair, is that a rick? >> yes, but the people that were upset were talking heads and political insiders. we tested and swing voters and undecided voters, undecided by who they are going to vote for loved hearing from them and loved these messages. he is an iconic voice. she outside the politics. >> brian: i watched jon stewart and chris matthews, those people that don't like mitt romney but they have a hard time criticizing him. what about president obama. what do you think of going to all those states? >> they woke up last week, you know what, nobody things we have a plan for the selling term because they have not offered a plan for the secondly term of them took his convention speech,

budged it up to 20-page pamphlet and handed it out as a plan for the future. it's been dismissed by the media as a p.r. gesture, all those hack need phrases for the convention speech, but they aren't going to back that up. the ads are going to focus on two things. second element of their strategy attack romney. they have three ads, saying he is going to take away all abortions, end all abortions and he is going to destroy medicare and he is against teachers and education. that is the kind of advertising we're likely to see from them. on the stump and commentary they will depict mitt romney as a liar. it's remarkable that the president has decided the way to disqualify him, he suffers from stage three romnesia. david plouffe called him a liar

three times yesterday. this is difficult to do. it's dangerous for a president and unpresidential but it's difficult to do when your opponent has higher ratings. romney has higher ratings than the president. >> brian: he is still doing the tonight show and mtv. we'll see more entertainment type shows. what is the risk there if any? >> there is not much risk for the president. those are venues where he won't be asked tough questions. the demographic among young voters, 18-29-year-olds and counterparts that are slightly older. four years ago in september and october of 2008, 78% said they were definite to vote. now, 58% they were and latest survey, 48% say they are. >> brian: and romney is not going to do that he is going to do local and that is a good

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